2012 Retail Food Safety Forum: Registered Attendees

The following list shows all attendees as of June 9, 2026. Click on each column header to sort by that category.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Chaz Garrity Account Manager
Dennis Kasprowski Area General Manager
Haley Oliver Assistant Professor
Cherie Smith Associate
Tim Deary Business Development Manager
Dee McDonnell Channel Sales Director
Heather Secrist Chief Executive Officer Genetic ID NA, Inc.
Damian Hajduk Chief Scientific Officer Landec Corporation
Michele McLeskey Consultant McLeskey Consulting, Inc.
John Waltz Corporate Account Manager
Steve Pawluk Corporate Accounts Manager
Ron Vail Director Food Safety and GFSI Education
Melissa Herbert Director Industry Affairs Neogen Corporation
Kevin Banning Director Loss Prevention, Food Safety, Customer Satisfaction and Crisis Management
Johnna Hepner Director of Food Safety & Technology
Kenneth Boardman Director of Quality Assurance and Safety Jerry's Enterprises, Inc.
Susan Feazell Director of Sales National Registry of Food Safety Professionals
Richard Podesta Director Regulatory Compliance
Jo Ann Potts Director, Customer Resources Dorothy Lane Market, Inc.
Christopher Braden Director, Div. Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Matthew Hall Director, Food Safety
Catherine Cosby Director, Food Safety Retail Operations and Distribution The Kroger Co.
Donna Howell Director, Food Service
Brenda Bacon Director, Quality Assurance
Lori Hodge Director, Quality Control
Jim Wilson Director, Retail Sales
Jerry Buligan Director, Risk Management and Corporate Responsibility
Patrick Lannon Environmental Health and Safety Team Lead
Rose Richardson Executive Assistant to the CEO & COO Fresh Encounter, Inc.
David McSwane Executive Director Conference for Food Protection
Mandy Johnson Executive Director, Research National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Ron Perkins Food Production Director
Leah Anderson Food Safety and Nutrition Manager
Ruth Campanella Food Safety Coordinator Blend Pak, Inc.
Priscilla Leiva Food Safety Coordinator Auto Mercado
Rhonda Albarkat Food Safety Manager The Kroger Co.
Thaddius Cooper Food Safety Manager
Stephanie Mohn R.E.H.S., C.F.S.P. Food Safety Manager
Charlie Schiltz Food Safety Manager
Denise Cole Food Safety Specialist
Paul Damaren Global Strategic Accounts Director, Food & Beverage Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)
Mary Weaver Group Manager, Food Operations
Michele Southall Implementation Services Director
Rob Howard Jr Key Account Manager
Jason Belcher Kitchen Director Dorothy Lane Market, Inc.
Darrice Monk Manager of Food Safety and Sanitation Lowes Foods, LLC
Robin Harris Manager, Food Safety
Julie Press Manager, Strategic Program Design
David Acheson MD, FRCP Managing Director Food and Import Safety Leavitt Partners
Brenda Becker Market Manager Food Safety
Joan Moeller Marketing Director CERT ID
Ingrid Fessel NAM Technical Manager
Gale Prince President
John Heller Product Manager Neogen Corporation
Benjamin Hwang Product Specialist
Mike Turcola Production Supervisor
Rance Baker Program Administrator National Environmental Health Association
Jean Hayden Program Specialist
Shannon Heinemeier QA Manager Arcobasso Foods
Tim Weakland Quality Assurance Supervisor
Gail Brady Quality Assurance, Food Safety Manager and Recall Coordinator
Eva Lauve Scheduling and Food Safety Manager Stemilt Growers, Inc.
Brian Payne Senior Business Development Manager
Anne Keys Senior Director, US Public Affairs
Glenda Christy Senior Manager, Safety and Food Safety
Jim Badalati Senior Vice President, Customer Development
Angela Fernandez Senior Vice President, Market Development GS1 US
Albert Espinoza RS Supplier Assessment Product Quality Manager H-E-B
John Coughlin Suprvisor, Product Inspection
Jennifer Frankenberg Vice President SAGE Food Safety Consultants
Diane Pryde Vice President Marketing, Sales, Training and Improvement Solutions
Jack Gridley Vice President Meat, Seafood and Prepared Foods
Jeff Mitchell Vice President of Food Safety and Service Operations
Bill Wonderlich Vice President of Sales and Marketing Validus
Keith Mandelbaum Vice President, Client Engagement
Steven Oswald Vice President, Food Safety & Quality Assurance Wakefern Food Corp.
Tom Daniel Vice President, Operations - Global Food Retail Ecolab, Inc.
Michael Ambrosio Vice President, Quality Assurance Division
Chris Gindorff VP, Compliance and Food Protection Hy-Vee, Inc.
Jeff Hyatt Warehouse Food Safety